{
  "projectDescription": "NOAAâ€™s Community-based Restoration Program in partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Aquarium of Baltimore, partners, and community organizations created a 22 acre tidal wetland on Barren Island, south of the Choptank River in Chesapeake Bay. Erosion, ship wakes, land subsidence and sea level rise are causing Barren and similar island habitats to disappear. Volunteers assisted in planting salt marsh vegetation on dredged material carefully placed to build up areas that provide essential fish habitat and protect the island from further erosion.",
  "program": "Community-based Restoration",
  "name": "Barren Island Tidal Wetland Restoration",
  "id": "230",
  "state": "Maryland",
  "state_abbr": "MD",
  "region": "NER - Northeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2001-06-04 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EA for CRP",
  "fedLeverage": "5965008",
  "nonFedLeverage": "75000",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2005-09-30 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "38.326",
      "longitude": "-76.259",
      "county": "Dorchester County",
      "city": "Fishing Creek",
      "congDistrict": "1",
      "riverBasin": "Upper Chesapeake",
      "huc": "20600050604"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "tidal wetland",
      "fiscalYear": "2004",
      "actAcresReestablishCnt": "14"
    },
    {
      "name": "tidal wetland",
      "fiscalYear": "2005",
      "actAcresReestablishCnt": "7"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "alterniflora",
      "genus": "Spartina",
      "commonName": "Cordgrass, smooth",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "saxatilis",
      "genus": "Morone",
      "commonName": "Bass, striped",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "regalis",
      "genus": "Cynoscion",
      "commonName": "Weakfish",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "nebulosus",
      "genus": "Cynoscion",
      "commonName": "Seatrout, spotted",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "patens",
      "genus": "Spartina",
      "commonName": "Cordgrass, marshhay",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "US Fish and Wildlife Service",
      "fedAgency": "US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "US Army Corps of Engineers",
      "fedAgency": "US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Friends of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge",
      "fedAgency": "US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "FishAmerica Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chesapeake Bay Trust"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hooper's Island Volunteer Fire Department"
    },
    {
      "name": "Maryland Conservation Corps"
    },
    {
      "name": "Morgan State University"
    },
    {
      "name": "Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Knapp Foundation"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Does not fall under a strategy",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "volunteers": [
    {
      "count": "1000",
      "hours": "8,900.0"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Planting"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - CBSWG",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2003",
      "noaaContribution": "40,600.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "0.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "National Aquarium in Baltimore"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2001",
      "noaaContribution": "100,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "0.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "National Aquarium in Baltimore"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - CBSWG",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2001",
      "noaaContribution": "25,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "25,000.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "National Aquarium in Baltimore"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "FishAmerica Foundation",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2001",
      "noaaContribution": "7,500.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "7,500.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "partner": {
        "name": "National Aquarium in Baltimore"
      }
    }
  ]
}